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Afatinib: first global approval.
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- Sep 8, 2026
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- ING-CIVIC-20260908-000001
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- cancerLung Non-Small Cell Carcinomacivic_curation1.00
- drugAfatinibcivic_curation1.00
- geneEGFRcivic_curation1.00
- variantEGFR Exon 19 Deletioncivic_curation1.00
- variantEGFR L858Rcivic_curation1.00
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- CIViC — Clinical Interpretation of Variants in Cancer
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- CIViC evidence items
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- civic-2026-09-08
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- Sep 8, 2026
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- expert curation
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- CC0 1.0
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- 23982599
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- ING-CIVIC-20260908-000001
| Therapy | Cancer | Type | Level | Direction · significance | Rating (1–5) | Status | Evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EGFR Exon 19 Deletion1 | ||||||||
| Afatinib | Lung Non-Small Cell CarcinomaCURATED_BROADER | Predictive | A | Supports Sensitivity Response | 5 | accepted | EID2996Afatinib, an irreversible inhibitor of the ErbB family of tyrosine kinases has been approved in the US for the first-line treatment of patients with metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who h… (full text at CIViC) PMID 23982599 · Dungo et al., 2013 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| EGFR L858R1 | ||||||||
| Afatinib | Lung Non-Small Cell CarcinomaCURATED_BROADER | Predictive | A | Supports Sensitivity Response | 5 | accepted | EID2997Afatinib, an irreversible inhibitor of the ErbB family of tyrosine kinases has been approved in the US for the first-line treatment of patients with metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who h… (full text at CIViC) PMID 23982599 · Dungo et al., 2013 · Open in CIViC | civic |